British Pizza

Ingredients 1 tsp yeast 1 ½ cup of warm water 4 ½ cups of flour 1 tbsp of olive oil 6 tbsp of tomato sauce 4 porc sausages 4 pieces of bacon 4 mushrooms graped cheese (cheddar) 1 egg Method First you have to make your dough. So in a large bowl drop 1 tsp of yeast, 1 cup of warm water, 4 ½ cups of flour, 1 tbsp of olive oil, then mix with your hands until you get a nice firm dough, put it a side. Then you're going to chop your bacon,mushroom and sausages, and cook them all together, to give it more taste in a cooking pan. Afterwards take ck your dough spread it on a large pizza plate, then spread your tomato sauce equally on it and drop your filling of chopped mushrooms, bacon and sausages, on top of it and drop the grated cheddar cheese. Place it in the oven for about 20min, take it out crack the egg in the middle and put it back in the oven for about 10min until the egg is cooked. Personal  comments I chose to do a British/Italian pizza because Italian food is my absolute favourite !!! I think it's really tasty and classy, i love it ! But I also love British food even if isn't as classy as Italian food it's my origins and I'm proud of that. So I thought "Why not try and mix my two favourite types of food?" I thought of it as some kind of challenge, since those two types of food are not the same at all !  Italian food is a delicacy, it's hard working, pushing cooking to the perfection. British food is greasy, and more of a fun way to eat (at least for me it is). I chose the pizza to be the base of this dish and took the British breakfast ingredients for the topping, since British breakfast it one of the best British dishes ever. And there you have it, a dish with my two favourite types of food. I think it makes a good mix, and it could be a new connection between Italy and UK, and it is really good. Enjoy ! By Eva A.

Carribean avocados.

Ingredients

- 4 avocados

- 200 grams of bacon

- 200 grams of rice

- 4 decilitres rum

- 1 handful of red beans

- coconut milk

- 12 lychees

- olive oil

- sugar

- water

Utensils

- a pan

- tablespoon

- large plate to serve

Method

First, fry the bacon in a pan with a tablespoon of olive oil, then add beans for 2 or 3 minutes.

Second, stir rice in the mixture ans pour in the coconut milk. Simmer for 40minutes.

Third, during the last 5 minutes pour the rum.

Meanwhile, cut the avocados in half and remove the core.

Fourth, in a hot pan, place the water and sugar to make a sweet caramel. And drop the avocados cut to coat with a thin layer of caramel and let it cool to room.

Fifth, once cooled, put the Caribbean rice in the hole of avocados.

Sixth, prepare the dish in a large plate to serve accompanied with salad and lychees peeled and pitted then the whole thing your guests !

Enjoy !

Personal comments

Despite cultural differences, we can still create a colourful dish linking Mexico, Asia and the Caribbean.

Bamoke Cake

Ingredients   

9 Oz of flour
4 eggs
oil
White wine
5 Oz of Gruyère

1 packet of yeast

8 round slices of bacon
10 dried tomatoes
1 mozzarella
2,5 Oz of nuts

Utensils 

1 large bowl
1 mould
An oven
2 tablespoons
1 knife

Method

First, preheat the oven at 180 degrees.
Second, put the floor into a large bowl with the eggs and mix a little bit with 2 tablespoons.
Third, in the large bowl, add 10 tablespoons of oil and 10 tablespoons of white wine. Mix.
Then, take a knife and cut the bacon into slices, and cut the mozzarella into pieces.
Add the bacon and the mozzarella in the large bowl, with 5 Oz of Gruyère, 2,5 Oz of nuts and a packet of yeast. Mix all with your tablespoons.
Shed the mix into a mould.
Then, put the mould into the oven, wait 40 minutes, it's ready !

Personal comments
I made this recipe because of my origins. When I saw that we had to do a work related with another country, I immediately thought about my family origins. So I took my three family origins which are : American origins from my grandfather, Italian origins from my grandmother, French from the rest of the family.
I took the American origin from my grandfather who lived in California for 10 years. Bacon is a typical American food ! I took the Italian origin from my grandmother who was born in Italy and lived there for 8 years. Mozzarella is typically Italian food ! And then, I took my French origins from the rest of family and added the rest of the ingredients.
Then I wanted a base for my recipe, and I chose the cake. In the cake we can add anything so it was easy to make.

Hope you will enjoy it ! Thanks for reading. Have a nice day !

By Delpech Constant

Asian Bricks

Method 1. First, cook the rice as usual and put it in a large bowl. 
2. Then, add a box of tomato tuna.
3. Mix the ingredients vigorously.
4. Then, add a pinch two or three pinches of cinnamon, 2 pinches of paprika and a pinch of salt.
5. Mix everything well again.
6. Now you're mixture is ready.
7. Then, takes the leaves of bricks and add your mixture into, make a form, one you like. For example, triangles, little gifts...
8. Then, with the aid of a brush "paint" your bricks with egg yolks.
9. Now, you can bake them in a frying pan with two tablespoons of oil, during 5 or 10mn, until they are golden.

Personal comments To me, the "Asian bricks" are the fusion between two countries; Indonesia and Tunisia. Indonesia, because of the rice, indeed it comes from Asia. And Tunisia, because the bricks are from there. 
I chose these two countries because I really love them, I have been  in Indonesia two times, and I am from North Africa, or rather, my grandparents are. It's an easy recipe, and I think, I hope, people will like this dish a lot.
I made this dish because I think it's very interesting to mix two really different dishes into one, two different cultures, different kinds of people.
We should do this more often, absorb and adapt external influences to our country and make people discover our culture and influences too. 
It's really important for me to be open-minded, and share what I like with people around me who are interested to discover new things too. 

Pancakes and Hummus

Ingredients
- 130 grams of drained chickpeas
- 2 tablespoons of cumin
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 1 clove of garlic
- 360 miles of milk
- 2 tablespoons of coriander leaves
- 250 grams of flour
-1 tablespoon of yeast
- 2 eggs
- butter
- 1 carrot
- 10 olives 
- salt

Utensils
- a blender
- a whisk
- a large bowl
- a small bowl
- a frying pan

 Method

1. First, make the hummus : in a blender, put 130g of drained chickpeas, 1/2 tablespoon of cumin, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, a clove of garlic, 60ml of milk and 2 tablespoons of coriander leaves finely chopped.

2. Then, mix all the ingredients until the mixture is smooth. Your hummus is ready.

3. Now, in a large bowl, mix 250g of flour, 1 tablespoon of yeast and a pinch of salt.

4. Then, add 30cl of milk and stir it with a whisk.

5. Then, break 2 eggs and mix them in a small bowl.

6. Now, add the eggs in the pancake batter.

7. Next, take a tablespoon of melted butter.

8. Then, grate a carrot and cut 10 olives in two parts.

9. Add them in the large bowl and dust with a pinch of cumin.

10. Now, put everything in a frying pan and let heat.

11. Finally, add the hummus on each pancake and taste!

Personal comments

Taste and savour this delicious dish! "Pancake and Hummus" will make you travel with its different origins.

Indeed, the famous pancake is of German origin and was brought to America by the Settlers. As for hummus, we don't know the exact origin; Israel and Lebanon argue the paternity.

These dishes, separately, have a common point : they travelled across countries, and their culture and their concrete origin remain a bit fuzzy.

That is why, beyond their culinary alliance, I wanted to create a new dish which will erase these questions and conflicts, because these two dishes actually form only one...

"Pancake and Hummus" is based, over all, on multiculturalism : a result which is beneficial for everything and everybody. It is very interesting to see, here for example, how good it can be to mix different culinary origins. We can discover new savours, new ingredients, etc. Thanks to this, we learn a lot about countries.

By Camille Laperche.



Lamb Curry with Basmati Rice

Method

1. Heat a large saucepan and add one tablespoon of the vegetable oil and then the 2 pounds of lamb fillet cut into cubes. Cook over a high heat for 3-4 minutes, or until the lamb is golden-brown all over, then remove and set aside.

2. Then, reduce the heat and add the remaining tablespoon of vegetable oil. Add the onions, garlic, chillies and ginger and fry for 2-3 minutes, until golden and softened.

3. Next, add all the turmeric, garam masala, cumin and chilli powder and fry, stirring well, for one minute. 

4. Then, roughly chop the tomatoes and add them with the coconut milk and heat to bring to a simmer.

5. Add the lamb and enough water to just cover the lamb. 

6. Heat the mixture until simmering, then cover and cook on a low heat for about one hour, or until the lamb is tender and cooked through. 7. Finally, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and stir well. 8. To finish, serve onto warmed plates with steamed basmati rice alongside.

Personal comments The dish is of Indian origin. It was brought to Great Britain during the colonisation of India by the British who have adapted the dish to their tastes, adding some sauce to the meat.

Like Chicken Tika Masala, lamb curry has become a true British national dish. Indeed this dish has become one of the most loved dishes in the United Kingdom.

There are a lot of Indian,  Pakistani and Bangladeshi restaurants in Great Britain and they regularly organize Curry Nights serving high quality Indian food. The aim is to promote the uniquely delicious regional cuisines of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.